[Kid Shelleen]

The first time I ever heard "birth tourism" was many years ago. Apparently well connect Koreans were using it to avoid the mandatory military requirements. There are some interesting cases were Koreans born in America were forced to serve in the ROK army. See link

More broadly, "the problem is not unique to Korea," she said. "It happens in places like Israel. Men traveling to countries (with compulsory military service) have to be careful.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/The-accidental-citizen-soldier-1141729.php

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. That’s a tactic of evasion I hadn’t heard of before.